Mordechai Dovid Unger | |
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| Title | Rebbe of Bobov-45 |
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| Born | Mordechai Dovid Unger 1954 New York |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Rivka Halberstam |
| Children | Yosef, Shulim, Chaim Benzion, Yechezkel, Moshe Yehoshea |
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| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Naftali Halberstam |
| Began | March 23, 2005 |
| Ended | present |
| Main work | Chuchmas Shlomo |
| Dynasty | Bobov-45 |
Mordechai Dovid Unger (Hebrew: הרב מרדכי דוד אונגער) is the first Rebbe of Bobov-45.
Biography
Rabbi Unger was born in 1954 to Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Unger of Dombrov.[1] He is the younger son-in-law of the Naftali Zvi Halberstam, the fourth Bobover Rebbe, and the second oldest grandson of Shlomo Halberstam, the third Bobover Rebbe.
Following the death of his father-in-law in 2005, a section of followers of the Bobov Hasidic sect pronounced him their Rebbe. He is currently the Rebbe of Bobov-45 (אדמו"ר מבאבוב–45-).
Children
- Rabbi Shulim, rosh yeshiva of bobov-45
- Rabbi Yosef, Ruv of Beth Midrash Apirion Shel Shlome
- Rabbi Chaim Benzion
- Rabbi Yechezkel
- Rabbi Moshe Yehoshea
Rebbes of Bobov
- Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (1847–1905) grandson of the Sanzer Rebbe, Chaim Halberstam
- Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941)
- Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (1907–2000)
- Rabbi Naftali Halberstam (1931–2005)
Rebbe of Bobov-45
Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger (b. 1954), son-in-law of Rabbi Naftali Halberstam & son of the Dombrover rabbi zt"l
Politics
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams visited Bobov–45 as part of his 2017 re-election campaign.[2]
See also
- Dombrov
- Borough Park, Brooklyn
References
- ^ Rebbes of Bobov: Ben Zion Halberstam, Mordechai Dovid Unger, Naftali Halberstam, Shlomo Halberstam. General Books. 2010. ISBN 9781157267386.
- ^ "Brooklyn Boro President Eric Adams Visits Bobov-45 Rebbe in Preparation to his Upcoming Re-election". September 28, 2017.